The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-02
FLORIDA,

FLORIDA
! The Suwannee river is very low.
There are 145 miles of railroad in Lake
county.
Only one white child has died in Fernan-
dina during the past six months, and that
an infant three days old.
| The frame of the Mt. Dora depot is up and
| the building partly inclosed. 1t is dupli
cate of the Sorrento depot.
Fifteen black bass in one hour, from the
| waters of McCulloch's Lake, is the latest
| record reported by Seville's crack fishermen.
| Ex-Gov. Drew is having six very neat
cottage houses, of six rooms each, put up ON
block Al, known as the "Ingerson square,
at Branford
The glass for the new Lighthouse at
| Mosquito Inlet has arrived at New Smyrna.
| This glass was received from France, and
weighs 10000 pounds.
Samuel Sumner, of Fort Myers, has
offered $40 head for 200 beef cattle on the
| range, to be delivered on Aug ii. Stock
men will furnish the cattle
Maj A. j. Russell, State Superintendent
of Public Instruction, viii address the citi-
zens of Polk county at the court house at
Barlow, on Wednesday night
The Branford Mill Company is having
| thirty-two small houses of two rooms each
put up on blocks Nos 2l3 PA, 223 and 224,
| in Northwest Branford, for the use of the
families of the mill hands.
The old Huot mill building at Fernandina
was sold at auction last Wednesday, bring
| ing only 500 A lot of refuse lumber was
sold at the same time for $40. The building
is TO be torn down and removed
The steamer Mary Diston left West End
on Friday after being completely repaired.
| She will take the place of the Gov. Stafford.
| The Stafford has gone to Jacksonville to be
| repaired and will resume her trips in the
fall.
There was a washout on the track of the
Florida Southern Friday night between
Pemberton and Brooksville, and no train
ran through Saturday. Repairs were to be
made, however, in time for the trains yes
terday.
The stealing of postage stamps has become
so common at Fernandina that it is proposed
that merchants and others to whom stamps
are offered for sale or in payment for pur
chases report to the secretary of the Board
of Trade the names of those who offer them
Ivey Bros. are building a large two-story
| frame storehouse on fractional block No. As
adjoining the railroad lands, on the south
| west corner of Suwannee avenue and Hams
streets, Branford. 1t will be the finest and
most commodious store in Branford when
completed.
At the base ball tournament at Sanford
Aug. Is to 81, there is prize of 500, and
one of 500 offered: the S25 entrance fee
will be refunded after the play is over
Sanford will pay the expenses of ten men at
the hotels during the week. Players must
| be residents OF the town-no imported
players.
At Sorrento last Sunday one Of the negro
railroad hands had "a "hoe-down" all to him
self at the depot. He placed himself in
| front of one of the windows in which his
figure was reflected, and for two or three
hours, in the heat of the day, he danced and
scraped away to his own image, until his
longing was satisfied.
w. A. Jeter, of the Gas and Water Asso-
citation, of Brunswick, Ga, arrived in
| Gainesville Saturday IRON Ocala, where he
has just completed arrangements with that
| city to put in water works. He will confer
with the Mayor and Councilmen in relation
to works there. He is also putting in works
at Townsville, Griffin and Americas, Ga.
The town election returns at Titusville
| last Monday We're almost unanimous in favor
| of the introduction of water works in that
town. Forty-two votes were polled in favor
TO eight against, and a large number of the
business men did not vote at all some of
whom were not entitled, and Others who did
| not, apparently, take much interest in the
election.
Hon. II. II. Duncan, of Lake county, has
| been appointed one of the trustees of East
Florida Seminary. Mr.. Duncan was APP
| pointed at the time the other appointments
were made, but on getting the appointment
| as Clerk of Lake county thought he was in
eligible and resigned. The Governor in
formed him such was not the fact and reap
| pointed him.
| A telegram was received on Monday by
Sheriff Healy, of Seville, directing him to
arrest Reuben Bailey. negro whose family
| live in Seville, but who has been absent
! most of the time for several months in
! Orange county, charged with killing an
| other negro in that county. An attempt to
make the arrest was unsuccessful tho &c
cused having disappeared III the bay south
of town, after hot chase by the officers,
and an Intellectual shot or two from their
weapons.
Maclenny is victorious oncc more. The
court house question is settled by the Su-
preme Court at last, and Maclenny is now
the county sito Of Baker county. There
have been two elections held in this county
on this question and Maclenny came out
ahead both times. II was taken before the
court each time--the last time before judge
Baker, who decided in favor of Maclenny.
On this occasion 1t was taken to the Supreme
Court, and the Judge gave his decision in
favor Of Maclenny, sustaining Judge
lbtlfAti , AtNiSlbils
Gainesville Adrocdtc: We quote the fol-
lowing from letter prepared for the credi-
tors of Morris d Hazlitt 10y +. b. Durham,
the assignee. The liabilities are: S. b Gid
dings, preferred creditors, $1,000; Ashby q
ThraSher, preferred, $780, for goods in
stock, Sl,T02 32; total. S4,002 ~. The as
sets are: Stock on hand, sI,775 "A; fixtures,
81 SIS ca accounts collectible, $3.50; total,
SG,9l4 81. The consent of the creditors is
asked until the stock can be sold at q fair
valuation and the store be kept open in the
meantime
News has reached Maclenny of the kill
ing OF John Thompson's little child. Mr.
Thompson lives about one mile south of
Maclenny, and Saturday morning the
children were playing in a grove near the
house, where there are several swings and
flying dutchman which were used at pic
mic held there some time ago. They were
turning the flying dutchman, aud one Of the